Colias wiskotti

Colias wiskotti is a butterfly in the family Pieridae. It is found in Turkestan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, and Kashmir.[1] The habitat consists of xerophytic mountains.[2]

Colias wiskotti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pieridae
Genus:	Colias
Species:	C. wiskotti
Binomial name
Colias wiskotti Staudinger, 1882[1]
Synonyms
Colias leuca Staudinger, 1882 Colias palaenoides Verity, 1909 Colias leucotheme Grum-Grshimailo, 1890 Colias wiskotti var. aurantiaca Staudinger, [1892] Colias draconis Grum-Grshimailo, 1891

It is a highly polymorphous species with a lot of varieties or forms described. Adults are on wing from June to August.[2]

The larvae feed on Acantolimon, Oxytropis, and Onobrychis echidna.[1]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:[1]

• C. w. wiskotti (western Ghissar)
• C. w. sagina Austaut, 1891 (eastern Ghissar, Darvaz)
• C. w. separata Grum-Grshimailo, 1888 (Alaisky Mountains)
• C. w. aurea Kotzsch, 1937 (western Pamirs)
• C. w. draconis Grum-Grshimailo, 1891 (western Tian-Shan)
• C. w. sweadneri Clench & Shoumatoff, 1956 (Afghanistan)

Gallery

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  C. w. wiskotti male
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  C. w. wiskotti female
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  C. w. wiskotti underside
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  C. w. separata
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  C. w. draconis male
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  C. w. draconis female

References

1. Colias, Site of Markku Savela
2. Colias wiskotti, Russian Insects

• Grieshuber, J. & Worthy, B., 2006 A revision of Colias wiskotti Staudinger, 1882, the available names and the type material, with a note on Colias alpherakii Staudinger, 1882 (Lepidoptera, Pieridae). Mitt. Münch. Ent. Ges.96: 43-75, 26 figs.

External links

• Global Butterfly Information System type information
• Global Butterfly Information System wiskotti images (24)
• Global Butterfly Information System wiskotti blanda images
• Global Butterfly Information System wiskotti aurea images